The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania : or, its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, popularly described . LANDSCAPE. Passing the stations of Royers Ford, 32m. and Limerick, 34m.•vve reach the borough of Pottstown, forty miles from is very pleasantly situated, in a rich undulating country, on theright bank of the Schuylkill. The houses, which are generally plainbut comfortable, are built principally upon one broad street, lyingabove the railroad, and lined with numerous gardens and scenery of the country is very fine, but has nothing o
The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania : or, its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, popularly described . LANDSCAPE. Passing the stations of Royers Ford, 32m. and Limerick, 34m.•vve reach the borough of Pottstown, forty miles from is very pleasantly situated, in a rich undulating country, on theright bank of the Schuylkill. The houses, which are generally plainbut comfortable, are built principally upon one broad street, lyingabove the railroad, and lined with numerous gardens and scenery of the country is very fine, but has nothing of the bold-ness mingled with it which characterizes some other spots along thisriver. The valley is here equally as fertile as it is below, and theManatawny creek, crossed by a romantic looking old stone bridge,and emptying into the Schuylkill, furnishes the driving-power ofseveral extensive flour and saw-mills. The Schuylkill navigationpasses along on the opposite side of the river. Pottstown derives its name from John Potts, who held a largetract of land in this quarter, including that upon which lies the of it, b
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